Bernard, Since Sharpe and his green coated rifleman do so well at moderate range with the Baker Rifle, I was wondering how prevalent Rifle Regiments were in the British Army during the Napoleonic era. I seem to recall a few times when Sharpe and his troops were being over run by Frogs that they just spit unpatched balls down the barrell as fast as any Brown Bess could be loaded. The reason the US Continental Army of the period did not use rifles was the issue of loading speed. (3 x a minute with the Brown Bess versus once a minute with a clean Kentucky Long rifle) Your thoughts? Bob Long